SURGEON

BASIC TONAL REMAKES (12")

  1/  (Intro) Version II
  2/  Krautrock Version III
  3/  Waiting
  4/  Depart Version II

          Remixed in the Box, July 1997
          Tracks 1,2 and 4 remixed by DJ Surgeon
          Track 3 remixed by Mick Harris

Surgeon: beats, bass, sounds.

          1997 - Tresor (Germany), Tresor 85 (12")

REVIEWS :

Unfettered from the constraints of his part-owned label, SURGEON walks with the club scene Gods on TRESOR. This 4 track EP keeps ANTHONY CHILDS' groundbreaking project ahead of the pack. "1.01 (Intro) Version II" keeps the madcap sound which seems always to be on the verge of collapse, but ventures into an almost REICH-like landscape of shimmering, cycling instrumentation. It nods respectfullytowards Industrial and Minimalism, then leaves them to eat it's dust as it races on. !1.02 Krautrock Version III" returns towards the dance floor with a subtly metamorphic dance sound. It has shed it's former dissonanceand become something which mischievously seduces the listener while remaining DJ-friendly. The second side kicks off with "2.03. Waiting ( Mick Harris Remake)" which comes across very much as a SCORN-style track with tinkling piano like glass reflected on a midnight road, and disquieting break-beat skeletal drums. "2.04. Depart Version II" shows a move away from constant beat hard driving House and towards a more delicate, subtle rhythmic format with Industrial machine overtones. This track reminds me of COIL's rhythms circa "Love's Secret Domain". If music has moved on, and the DOWNWARDS house HOUSE sound is yesterday's news, as many say, then SURGEON has the intelligence and ability to stay ahead of the all-consuming tidal wave which is the anti-matter of public taste.

Antony Burnham (courtesy of Metamorphic Journeyman website)